"Order of examination of the Home District Grammar School [at York]. Wednesday, 11th August, 1819. First Day. The Latin and Greek Classes. Euclid and Trigonometry. Thursday, 12th August. Second day. To commence at 10 o'clock. Prologue, by Robert Baldwin.--Reading Class.--George Strachan, _The Excellence of the Bible_. Thomas Ridout, _The Man of Ross_. James McDonell, _Liberty and Slavery_. St. George Baldwin, _The Sword_. William McMurray, _Soliloquy on Sleep_. Arithmetic Class--James Smith, _The Sporting Clergyman_. William Boulton, jun., _The Poets New Year's Gift_. Richard Oates, _Ode to Apollo_. Orville Cassell, _The Rose_. Book-keeping.--William Myers, _My Mother_. Francis Heward, _My Father_. George Dawson, _Lapland_.--First Grammar Class.--Second Grammar Class.--_Debate on the Slave Trade_. For the Abolition: Francis Ridout, John Fitzgerald, William Allan, George Boulton, Henry Heward, William Baldwin, John Ridout, John Doyle, James Strachan. Against the Abolition: Abraham Nelles, James Baby, James Doyle, Charles Heward, Allan McDonell, James Myers, Charles Ridout, William Boulton, Walker Smith.--First Geography Class.--Second Geography Class. James Dawson, _The Boy that told Lies_. James Bigelow, _The Vagrant_. Thomas Glassco, _The Parish Workhouse_. Edward Glennon, _The Apothecary_.--Natural History.--Debate by the Young Boys: _Sir William Strickland_, Charles Heward. _Lord Morpeth_, John Owens. _Lord Hervey_, John Ridout. _Mr. Plomer_, Raymond Baby. _Sir William Yonge_, John Fitzgerald. _Sir William Windham_, John Boulton. _Mr. Henry Pelham_, Henry Heward. _Mr. Bernard_, George Strachan. _Mr. Noel_, William Baldwin. _Mr. Shippen_, James Baby. _Sir Robert Walpole_, S. Givins and J. Doyle. _Mr. Horace Walpole_, James Myers. _Mr. Pulteney_, Charles Baby.--Civil History.--William Boulton, _The Patriot_. Francis Ridout, _The Grave of Sir John Moore_. Saltern Givins, _Great Britain_. John Boulton, _Eulogy on Mr. Pitt_. Warren Claus, _The Indian Warrior_. Charles Heward, _The Soldier's Dream_. William Boulton, _The Heroes of Waterloo_.--Catechism.--_Debate on the College at Calcutta_. Speakers: _Mr. Canning_, Robert Baldwin. _Sir Francis Baring_, John Doyle. _Mr. Wainwright_, Mark Burnham. _Mr. Thornton_, John Knott. _Sir D. Scott_, William Boulton. _Lord Eldon_, Warren Claus. _Sir S. Lawrence_, Allan Macaulay. _Lord Hawkesbury_, Abraham Nelles. _Lord Bathurst_, James McGill Strachan, _Sir Thomas Metcalf_, Walker Smith. _Lord Teignmouth_, Horace Ridout.--Religious Questions and Lectures.--James McGill Strachan, Anniversary of the York and Montreal Colleges anticipated for 1st January, 1822. Epilogue, by Horace Ridout." In the prologue pronounced by "Robert Baldwin," the administration of Hastings in India is eulogized: "Her powerful Viceroy, Hastings, leads the way For radiant Truth to gain imperial sway; The arts and sciences, for ages lost, Roused at his call, revisit Brahma's coast."